Here’s a picture of the famous JFK “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech in 1963
You can read the speech here, if you like.
I couldn’t help contrast this to Mr Bush’s visit next week to Mainz. The German government is basically putting the whole town into lock down. They’re closing roads, schools and even rivers for the day as well as imposing a 37 mile exclusion zone for air traffic.
Meanwhile, there will be a “Red Zone” where no unauthorized personnel will be admitted.
As far as the mobile angle is concerned though, there are plenty of rumours that they’re going to shut down the GSM network – or perhaps have the ability to request a shut down if they need to.
It’s one thing to protect Mr Bush. It’s another to inconvenience the good burghers of Mainz. But isn’t it another thing altogether to endanger their lives by depriving them access to the emergency services on their mobiles?
Thanks to Irakli for pointing me to the story.
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